It's taken 2 full years of massive self control, but I finally plunked down my hard-earned cash for an iPad.
It's not that I didn't want it before. I just didn't need it, particularly at the functionality to cash outlay ratio of the original iPad. This delayed gratification leaves me much less conflicted when I finally adopt an Apple device.
So this has evolved into my personal rule about Apple - wait for the third generation. The first generation usually leaves out some critical functionality. For example, the iPhone took 3 generations, almost 4. iPod took six. The iPad had no front-facing camera and was a little on the heavy side
The second generation - basically fixes the problems from the first generation. The third generation is finally the leap forward that is cost-effective. By this point I knew that 3G/4G connectivity was a must for me. I had investigated many apps and tried them on iPhone. So over the next few posts, I will tell you what I am using the iPad for, and how it could be better.